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innovation is not just about science. sentence innovation is about creative collaboration and partnership that provides -- sometimes innovation is about creative collaboration and partnership. the food index is a tool that measures the core indicators that drive food security, affordability, availability, polly, and safety -- quality, and safety across countries. the index can tell us why some countries are more prone to food insecurities than others. innovation also comes in simple forms that result from simply new perspectives. linda gates recently took during an npr interview -- joked during an npr interview. cks as a mosquito repellent. idea.rned out to be a good on similar method is being used. feeding an unequal world with a growing population and shrinking resources will require big ideas, both big and small. we need to pay attention to innovation and photosynthesis as they do in photo sharing. if they want u.s. to be the hub of this innovation, a need to do much more to support agricultural development. we'll need
innovation is not just about science. sentence innovation is about creative collaboration and partnership that provides -- sometimes innovation is about creative collaboration and partnership. the food index is a tool that measures the core indicators that drive food security, affordability, availability, polly, and safety -- quality, and safety across countries. the index can tell us why some countries are more prone to food insecurities than others. innovation also comes in simple forms that...
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our students are winning science bears making great games -- winning science fairs and making great gains. why is our schools successful despite these challenges? how do we help students with these intents social and academic needs? we use funding to provide our student with a lower teacher/student ratio. the support help lift our kids to their full potential while helping me and other teachers make sure we are meeting the needs of each and every child. we have social supports our students can narrow in focus on their academics. school psychologists, counselors, title when teachers, and teachers' aides work with students in small groups providing care and academic support to our students that they need. head start and solid pre-kit programs are vital to our success -- pre-k programs. academic and social instruction is one of our primary weapons. it is crucial to the success of every student. my students live in poverty and have special needs that federal funding helps. for example, keeping class sizes manageable so teachers can provide individual attention and support. for my students, th
our students are winning science bears making great games -- winning science fairs and making great gains. why is our schools successful despite these challenges? how do we help students with these intents social and academic needs? we use funding to provide our student with a lower teacher/student ratio. the support help lift our kids to their full potential while helping me and other teachers make sure we are meeting the needs of each and every child. we have social supports our students can...
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. >> in the christian science monitor weekly newspaper, 1.4 million guns. that is the number of guns stolen earring burglaries and other property crimes between 2005 and 2010. 80% of those have never been recovered. wayne is in springfield, west virginia. good morning. caller: i would like to let the people know that those four little words, "shall not be infringed," they cannot take that right away from you. no judge, no jury, for no reason. our forefathers intended for us to be able to protect ourselves from law enforcement, and whatever they have, the people have the right to have. the majority of law enforcement are corrupt. maryland is so bad, they had bad videotape in law enforcement. can you comment on that? >> i would be glad to address that. in fact, the right to own a firearm is not unlimited. the courts have upheld limits. interestingly, as a gun owner and a strong supporter of the second amendment, you should read the most important supreme court decision in recent years, district of columbia versus heller, which said a private individual does h
. >> in the christian science monitor weekly newspaper, 1.4 million guns. that is the number of guns stolen earring burglaries and other property crimes between 2005 and 2010. 80% of those have never been recovered. wayne is in springfield, west virginia. good morning. caller: i would like to let the people know that those four little words, "shall not be infringed," they cannot take that right away from you. no judge, no jury, for no reason. our forefathers intended for us to...
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at apple board chairman art levinson announced the creation of a " breakthrough price " for health sciences. the group is pouring millions of their own money into awarding those who conduct research that could save lives. the founding sponsors of the break-in through prize have committed to providing five, up $3 million prizes every year going for. each prize winner will join the selection committee for future recipients. >> that was an australian up weatherman grant december doing the weather live from a stunt plane on australia's " sunrise " show. grant described himself as the crash test dummies of live television. the type who jumps through hoops. to make the weather crazy and fun. this time he wanted to experience the " force of 8 g yes ". grants camera went to black as he blacked out, not that he realized he had, after he later told us. after a little more than 10 seconds of silence, grant started talking. >> coming up next, whether is a big story today. nationally near and nearly 20 states are expecting snow today. we are tracking the national storm. plus, it is snow in tahoe to. we
at apple board chairman art levinson announced the creation of a " breakthrough price " for health sciences. the group is pouring millions of their own money into awarding those who conduct research that could save lives. the founding sponsors of the break-in through prize have committed to providing five, up $3 million prizes every year going for. each prize winner will join the selection committee for future recipients. >> that was an australian up weatherman grant december...
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they're not computer science folks. so when you look at what microsoft needs, it's a lot of what the panelists have talked about and i would add one, team building skills and working within a team. we do everything by team at microsoft. easy can't work within a team under their how smart you are, or how fascinating -- you will not be successful at the end of the day. and so really important to look at what we're doing, not only at the college level but in high schools and all up and down the spectrum. we've only got nine states in the united states who represent, who actually look at computer science as a court agreed in high school. nine states. 41 states take computer science and look at it like jim. we have 42000 high schools in the united states. 2100 teach ap computer science. so it's certainly a a higher it issue but if we don't look at our feeder network and what we're doing to bring more people and, to counsel them about the right choices, to lessen the early on whether jobs are. because once you get to be a sen
they're not computer science folks. so when you look at what microsoft needs, it's a lot of what the panelists have talked about and i would add one, team building skills and working within a team. we do everything by team at microsoft. easy can't work within a team under their how smart you are, or how fascinating -- you will not be successful at the end of the day. and so really important to look at what we're doing, not only at the college level but in high schools and all up and down the...
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it's not rocket science. it's just common sense. from td ameritrade. >> announcer: broadcasting across the nation on your radio and on current tv. this is the "bill press show." >> bill: president obama with the highest approval rating since september of 2009. 55% of americans approve of his job as president. compare that to, i think it's 9% approve of the job congress is doing. that says it all doesn't it? good morning everybody. welcome, welcome to the "full court press" here on current tv this thursday morning. good to see you. we will bring you up to date on all of the news of the day including the sports news of the day here at the top of this hour and then take your calls at 1-866-55-press. welcome your comments on twitter at bpshow and on facebook.com/billpressshow. and welcome back to the program. back to the studio. the early lead sports blogger for "the washington post," cindy boren. nice to see you. >> good morning. >> bill: nice you've become a regular here. at least we're trying to make it that. >> you put me with the c
it's not rocket science. it's just common sense. from td ameritrade. >> announcer: broadcasting across the nation on your radio and on current tv. this is the "bill press show." >> bill: president obama with the highest approval rating since september of 2009. 55% of americans approve of his job as president. compare that to, i think it's 9% approve of the job congress is doing. that says it all doesn't it? good morning everybody. welcome, welcome to the "full court...
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believed the american people needed a public place to learn the diversity of disciplines, studies of science and at space, 4, form a common philosophy. -- flora, fauna, philosophy. he built this university in the image of 20 called the illimitable freedom of the human mind. today those of you will study here and teach here along with the taxpayers contributors, and parents who believe in your potential, you are all investing in mr. jefferson's vision. think for a moment about what that means. why do you spend many days and the dollars it takes to earn an education here or anywhere? why did jefferson what this institution to remain public and accessible, not just to virginians but as a destination from everywhere? i know that he was not thinking just about your getting a degree and a job. it was about something more. jefferson believed we could not be a strong country without investing in the kind of education that empowers us to be good citizens. that is why founding this university is among the few accomplishments that jefferson listed on his epitaph that he wrote for himself. to him, this
believed the american people needed a public place to learn the diversity of disciplines, studies of science and at space, 4, form a common philosophy. -- flora, fauna, philosophy. he built this university in the image of 20 called the illimitable freedom of the human mind. today those of you will study here and teach here along with the taxpayers contributors, and parents who believe in your potential, you are all investing in mr. jefferson's vision. think for a moment about what that means....
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it's not rocket science. it's just common sense. from td ameritrade. [ piano plays ] troy polamalu's going deeper. ♪ ♪ and so is head & shoulders deep clean. [ male announcer ] with 7 benefits it goes deep to remove grease, gunk and flakes. deep. like me. [ male announcer ] head & shoulders deep clean for men. ♪ ♪ the chill of peppermint. the rich dark chocolate. york peppermint pattie get the sensation. ♪ >> michael: it's family feud, but i'm not richard dawson in a searing op-ed publiced today in human events newt gingrich blasted gop strategist karl rove for his efforts to define the gop. he wrote . . . this the guy who took money from sheldon adelson. here is what he said this morning. >> there are some very deep rethinking we need to do as a party, but it isn't gathering up more money by washington consultants. >> michael: for the latest on the wars being waged on the battlefield we turn to christine pelosi, chair of the california democratic party women's caucus. i love hearing newt gingrich talk about the hype onnin
it's not rocket science. it's just common sense. from td ameritrade. [ piano plays ] troy polamalu's going deeper. ♪ ♪ and so is head & shoulders deep clean. [ male announcer ] with 7 benefits it goes deep to remove grease, gunk and flakes. deep. like me. [ male announcer ] head & shoulders deep clean for men. ♪ ♪ the chill of peppermint. the rich dark chocolate. york peppermint pattie get the sensation. ♪ >> michael: it's family feud, but i'm not richard dawson in a...
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he wants to study computer science and hopes to start his own scholarship fund himself some day. congratulations. >> that is awesome. and that is life-changing, not to have student loans and he earned that. >>> could you survive without your cell phone? probably not. >> find out what happened when three teenagers were forced to give up the prized possessions for five days. >> and more cold temperatures tonight. and even some winter weather could arrive by the end of the week. gary's back with the extended forecast. stick around. almost tastes like one of jack's cereals. fiber one. uh, forgot jack's cereal. [ jack ] what's for breakfast? um... try the number one! yeah, this is pretty good. [ male announcer ] over a third of a day's fiber. fiber one. ♪ shimmy, shimmy chocolate. ♪ shimmy, shimmy chocolate. ♪ we, we chocolate cross over. ♪ yeah, we chocolate cross over. ♪ [ male announcer ] introducing fiber one 80 calorie chocolate cereal. ♪ chocolate. . >>> could you spend a week without the phone or teenagers? what abouten to agers, do they spend mor
he wants to study computer science and hopes to start his own scholarship fund himself some day. congratulations. >> that is awesome. and that is life-changing, not to have student loans and he earned that. >>> could you survive without your cell phone? probably not. >> find out what happened when three teenagers were forced to give up the prized possessions for five days. >> and more cold temperatures tonight. and even some winter weather could arrive by the end of...
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this is 3 million and it focuses on life sciences. as you mentioned, these three billionaires teaming up. there are a couple of other people involved as well. chairman of apple will help chair this effort. in future years, there are 11 people receiving the award. in future years it is five resip yant. people who receive the award this year will help choose who will people will be. nominations will be open on the web to give a sense of the type of research that's involved here. cancer, metabolism, stem cell research, those are the types of topics they will be attacking. as we know some people involved here have special connections to the medical issues involved. a family member who has a serious disease, we know mark zuckerberg's wife graduated in 2012 with a focus on pediatrics and there is talk of parkinson's disease in sergey bring's family. they are bringing this back to life sciences. >> innocent advising people. i love it. >> it's official. office depot and smaller rival, office max, are merging into an all stock deal. it was ina
this is 3 million and it focuses on life sciences. as you mentioned, these three billionaires teaming up. there are a couple of other people involved as well. chairman of apple will help chair this effort. in future years, there are 11 people receiving the award. in future years it is five resip yant. people who receive the award this year will help choose who will people will be. nominations will be open on the web to give a sense of the type of research that's involved here. cancer,...
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tracy: like everything you ever learned in science class all in one. thank you. >> of course. ashley: wow! all right. from one storm to another, herbalife posting a rise in profit and improved outlook for the coming year and confirming our very own charlie gasparino's reporting of a stock buyback program. charlie here with the latest details after the company's analyst conference call today. >> i don't know why "the wall street journal" came out with kind of a bizarre story that said, even though the company announced that they could, they were likely to do a buyback program that after we reported that they were starting to buy back albeit slowly but starting to buy back they came out with a story that kind of misled the markets that they weren't buying back. as we know they are buying. it is fairly significant. apparently threw half of their billion dollars they had authorized to buy back at the last meeting they had. today was the fourth quarter earnings and the conference call, fourth quarter earnings after the bell yesterday. conference call today with ceo michael johnson
tracy: like everything you ever learned in science class all in one. thank you. >> of course. ashley: wow! all right. from one storm to another, herbalife posting a rise in profit and improved outlook for the coming year and confirming our very own charlie gasparino's reporting of a stock buyback program. charlie here with the latest details after the company's analyst conference call today. >> i don't know why "the wall street journal" came out with kind of a bizarre...
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and it isn't rocket science and something that has to be done. i hope the president going over the heads of congress and appealing to the american people will put the pressure on the gop to come to the table and gri gr reasonable compromise. >> we want to bring in our power panel. political editor for the grio and republican strategist alice stewart. great to have you all here. i want to start off with what we know about the president reaching across the aisle, not so much about the sequester but immigration. we watched during that sequester remark statement by the president where he said his door is always open. and then made phone calls in the afternoon to part of the immigration eight, three of the republicans on that panel, we've got mccain, rubio and lindsay graham. it's interesting because marco rubio is overseas in the middle east. ali alice, marco rubio has said he feels good about the ongoing negotiations in the senate and it hopeful the final product is something that can pass with strong bipartisan support. the president reaching out o
and it isn't rocket science and something that has to be done. i hope the president going over the heads of congress and appealing to the american people will put the pressure on the gop to come to the table and gri gr reasonable compromise. >> we want to bring in our power panel. political editor for the grio and republican strategist alice stewart. great to have you all here. i want to start off with what we know about the president reaching across the aisle, not so much about the...
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christian science monitor business editor, lauren bel sky. host: good morning and welcome on this wednesday, february 20, 2013. congress is out this week. there are nine days until the automatic spending cuts known as the sequester. congressional leaders and the white house are trading statements about who is to blame and who can stop them. we will talk more about that later first. , our question is about traffic lights and the americas intersections. states and localities are debating whether red light camera makes streets safer or if they are simply a revenue- generating tool taking money from drivers. we would like to hear from you whether you think they make your streets safer. here are the numbers to call -- you can also find us online. send us a tweet. we can share that on the air. you can also find us online on facebook. or e-mail us. nbc's a recent story from news. currently 21 states and washington use automated cameras at traffic intersections to catch violations such as running through red lights and stopping overnight lines. do yo
christian science monitor business editor, lauren bel sky. host: good morning and welcome on this wednesday, february 20, 2013. congress is out this week. there are nine days until the automatic spending cuts known as the sequester. congressional leaders and the white house are trading statements about who is to blame and who can stop them. we will talk more about that later first. , our question is about traffic lights and the americas intersections. states and localities are debating whether...
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a unique look at the science of politics. those stories and more when we see you at 7:00. mike and andrea, back to you. >> that sounds like an interesting question. we'll be watching, gayle. thank you. >>> it is 6:32. violent crimes against teenagers sparking at an alarming rate. >> it really is unbelievable the last 24 hours. investigators are now looking for a motive in the second suitland high school student to be killed just in the last day. >> delia goncalves is back live again this morning at suitland high school with more. good morning, delia. >> reporter: good morning. let's talk about the first student who was killed. charles walker, 15 years old. he was a freshman here at suitland high school, murdered on monday. friends say he was simply delivering a pair of shoes to his girlfriend. he was about two blocks from home when he was gunned down. we were hear yesterday talking to sever students, his friend -- several students, his friends who were obviously very upset, but i was struck by a conversation i had with one girl who described herself as a close friend. i wa
a unique look at the science of politics. those stories and more when we see you at 7:00. mike and andrea, back to you. >> that sounds like an interesting question. we'll be watching, gayle. thank you. >>> it is 6:32. violent crimes against teenagers sparking at an alarming rate. >> it really is unbelievable the last 24 hours. investigators are now looking for a motive in the second suitland high school student to be killed just in the last day. >> delia goncalves is...
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a man of science who is aware they're making talking pictures now in mississippi. my expectations defied. i kid but through his research, he discovered that mississippi hadn't ratified the 13th amendment until 1995 and still hadn't gotten around to notifying the u.s. archivists which would have made it official. so wtf mississippi! are you guys aware that ratifying the ban on slavery was a major touchstone in u.s. history? not some shore like moving up from 49th to 50th in education. seriously? wtf? you as a state have made some great contributions to our culture like william faulkner. and -- all right william faulkner is the only one i can think of. elvis was born there so was orp ra. in the year of our lord 2013, you're having a hard time keeping up with mid 19th century. you, mississippi are a part of our nation. we would be happy to have you along for this whole united states of america thing that we got going. >> john: our tweet of the day is from barry us who is i can only assume is a cranky doctor. he tweeted the keystone pipeline will carry foreign oil acro
a man of science who is aware they're making talking pictures now in mississippi. my expectations defied. i kid but through his research, he discovered that mississippi hadn't ratified the 13th amendment until 1995 and still hadn't gotten around to notifying the u.s. archivists which would have made it official. so wtf mississippi! are you guys aware that ratifying the ban on slavery was a major touchstone in u.s. history? not some shore like moving up from 49th to 50th in education. seriously?...
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there is science based on those three factors. >> absolutely. the pipeline being proposed has got to be the most studied pipeline ever proposed on the planet. i do not know if there is a valve at every hinge, but there are extra measures that they took on board because of the concerns raised on nebraska and other places. they have gone out of their way to ensure that a modern, high- tech pipeline with lots of extra features would be the state this possible way to get the oil to its destination. >> i do not want to prolong the argument about the myths and no n=myths,, but back to the oil. let's say it was successful in not being exported somewhere else. there would still be hundreds of barrels coming from someplace else. it is important to realize that the amount of oil that will be consumed would be the same. that oil has its own risk associated with it. tankers are notoriously risky or banging -- for bringing oil. i think we have to look at this on balance. it would mean taking that oil that would be produced in canada and syndicate to summerho
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recognizes that the teaching of certain scientific topics such as climate science may be controversial the legislature encourages the teaching of such scientific controversies to be made in no objective manner with both strengths and weaknesses of scientific theory or hypothesis we do use a legislature recognize that there is a debate about whether you are to face your own nor for i don't know if you have seen average critical thinking by saying there should be a legitimate debate between whether the earth is round or flat because after all any idiot can walk outside all and see what it i'll add it this if you don't still believe in manmade global warming do you i mean is that what we're at right now do you still like body into that after all the anyone else after all there is a hockey stick chart you still buy into this listen to i'm assuming you're being facetious but i took the pictures of it and you see superstorm sandy all the weather regulators we've had all across this country these huge snowstorms global warming is real it's alive it's happening and i think it's time for people
recognizes that the teaching of certain scientific topics such as climate science may be controversial the legislature encourages the teaching of such scientific controversies to be made in no objective manner with both strengths and weaknesses of scientific theory or hypothesis we do use a legislature recognize that there is a debate about whether you are to face your own nor for i don't know if you have seen average critical thinking by saying there should be a legitimate debate between...
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seen were all just a freak coincidence, or we can choose to believe in the overwhelming judgment of science and act before it is too late. >> machine for climate deniers -- a little known group called donors trust, backed by the koch and others, it has also built a vast network of right-wing online media outlets in so-called free market think tanks. then, brave miss world. >> miss world 1998 is one of these girls. and miss world 1998 is ms. israel. >> little did anyone know that miss world had just been raped in italy. today she is become a global advocate for victims of sexual abuse. >> rape is so isolating because even if you tell people what happened, friends are free to mention it. >> we will speak with the director of "great miss world," cecillia peck, daughter of the legendary actor gregory peck. all of that and more coming up. this is "democracy now!," democracynow.org, the war and peace report. i'm amy goodman. united nations investigators are calling for syrian leaders suspected of murder and torture in the country's bloody crisis to face charges at the international criminal court
seen were all just a freak coincidence, or we can choose to believe in the overwhelming judgment of science and act before it is too late. >> machine for climate deniers -- a little known group called donors trust, backed by the koch and others, it has also built a vast network of right-wing online media outlets in so-called free market think tanks. then, brave miss world. >> miss world 1998 is one of these girls. and miss world 1998 is ms. israel. >> little did anyone know...
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. ♪ it's not rocket science. it's just common sense. from td ameritrade. hi victor! mom? i know you got to go in a minute but this is a real quick meal, that's perfect for two! campbell's chunky beef with country vegetables, poured over rice! [ male announcer ] campbell's chunky soup. it fills you up right. >>> welcome back to "hardball." barack obama's second term is under way, of course, and that means one thing, it's legacy building time, but pushing through a democratic agenda becomes much easier when the party controls both the house and the senate, of course. it's a tough challenge for 2014 when you look at the map. mark begich in alaska, mark pryer in ashe, mary landrieu, mack baucus, kay haguen and tim johnson are all looking at potentially tough races in states mitt romney won as will the democrat who runs for jay rockefeller's seat in wsk. nor is it a cake walk in the few blue states either. for example in iowa, minnesota where you have democrats running for the senate. conservatives see a big opportunity. they took a look at this front page story as we did in t
. ♪ it's not rocket science. it's just common sense. from td ameritrade. hi victor! mom? i know you got to go in a minute but this is a real quick meal, that's perfect for two! campbell's chunky beef with country vegetables, poured over rice! [ male announcer ] campbell's chunky soup. it fills you up right. >>> welcome back to "hardball." barack obama's second term is under way, of course, and that means one thing, it's legacy building time, but pushing through a democratic...
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it's not rocket science. it's just common sense. from td ameritrade. >>> one of the world's most powerful militaries reportedly has a secret unit of hackers. >> the chinese military, now army, is now being tied to a massive cyberspying campaign, targeting big american corporations, oil pipelines, and power grids. cnn's brian todd is here. brian, these are really frightening details. >> they are. and this report traces the hacking of a very secretive unit of the chinese military over the course of seven years. the report says that unit's hacked into american companies, stolen content, and even threatened utilities and it even pinpoints the building where much of it was done. it's a dreary-looking 12-story office building in shanghai, but according to a new report, it houses part of a shadowy chinese military unit, responsible for thousands of hacks into american businesses and government agencies. the report from the cybersecurity firm mandiant says the group goes by discreet code names and is a secret division of the chinese militar
it's not rocket science. it's just common sense. from td ameritrade. >>> one of the world's most powerful militaries reportedly has a secret unit of hackers. >> the chinese military, now army, is now being tied to a massive cyberspying campaign, targeting big american corporations, oil pipelines, and power grids. cnn's brian todd is here. brian, these are really frightening details. >> they are. and this report traces the hacking of a very secretive unit of the chinese...
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we are ranked 14th, 17th, and 25th out of all developed nations in reading, science and math respectively. our 25th ranking in math puts us behind countries like hungary and slovakia, which is -- i mean this is just not who we are as a nation. and in order to -- >> rose: not what made us great. >> no. and it's not going to make us great in the future unless we fix it. and i think that, you know, if you look at america today we have one of the lowest social mobility rates in the entire world. meaning if you are a child born into poverty in this country, the chances you will ever escape poverty are not good. which i think goes counter to everything we believe in as a country. so what's at stake is the lives of kids and the values of this nation which i think are of preeminent importance and it's a struggle because there are a lot of people and a lot of forces that want to maintain the status quo, who do not want things to change and who are going to fight tooth and nail. >> rose: when people hear you say that, they think you're talking about teachers and teachers' unions. >> i absolutely am
we are ranked 14th, 17th, and 25th out of all developed nations in reading, science and math respectively. our 25th ranking in math puts us behind countries like hungary and slovakia, which is -- i mean this is just not who we are as a nation. and in order to -- >> rose: not what made us great. >> no. and it's not going to make us great in the future unless we fix it. and i think that, you know, if you look at america today we have one of the lowest social mobility rates in the...
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after almost 20 years of this double game, which i called in a science -- "christian science monitor" article yesterday, the tone young-beijing tuesday. it is surely time for the u.s. to reassess its strategies, not only to north korea, but to a china. i will leave it there for now. >> thank you. hello? >> [inaudible] >> first, a brief word about china. i tend towards joe's view about china's real motives and attitudes towards the north korean nuclear and missile programs. when i read in institute for science and national security report and knocked over 2010, david albright organization about the north korean trading company operating for nearly a decade in the business district in beijing, operating to bring to north korea components and technology for the uranium enrichment program, i begin to doubt that china really saw a major stake in limiting the north korean nuclear program, frankly. and i've become rather cynical about it, especially the chinese military and chinese international liaison department of becoming his party, and what their real views and policies are. now, that b
after almost 20 years of this double game, which i called in a science -- "christian science monitor" article yesterday, the tone young-beijing tuesday. it is surely time for the u.s. to reassess its strategies, not only to north korea, but to a china. i will leave it there for now. >> thank you. hello? >> [inaudible] >> first, a brief word about china. i tend towards joe's view about china's real motives and attitudes towards the north korean nuclear and missile...
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for a long time people said, well, we can't possibly measure teacher performance, it's an art not a science, et cetera. and what the gates foundation has found is that actually you can measure teacher performance. >> rose: by more than simply test scores of the students. >> that's right. student academic growth should be part of the equation based on their research but you should look at observations to classroom practice, you should look at -- interestingly, they found that how students rated their teachers correlated very highly to teacher overall performance. so kids really know whether or not they're in the classroom of a highly effective teacher or not. but the reality is that we have known for a very long time that we could identify great teachers and identify not so great teachers. you walk into any school building anywhere in this country today and you ask parents or kids or other teachers "who's the best teacher in the school?" they'll tell you. say "who's not so good?" they'll tell you that person, too. so there is a way that we can identify where different teachers are in terms o
for a long time people said, well, we can't possibly measure teacher performance, it's an art not a science, et cetera. and what the gates foundation has found is that actually you can measure teacher performance. >> rose: by more than simply test scores of the students. >> that's right. student academic growth should be part of the equation based on their research but you should look at observations to classroom practice, you should look at -- interestingly, they found that how...
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. ♪ it's notocket science. it's just common sense. from td ameritrade. >>> you're watching "squawk on the street." everybody getting back to business after the long presidents' day weekend. the opening bell set to ring here in just a few moments. it's going to be a big day for apple, fashion off against einhorn in court. morgan stanley with a coat talking about a lower price. >> i see many as a china play. >> look, i came away. i had a week off and i said to myself, you know what? this will be a dynamite start to just say with b look, apple, like it, inexpensive, no catalyst. by myself loving my ipad, and i think that's always the problem. wow, good products, but there's google opening retail stores and chrome is a better seller. i think that the whole hoopla over the cash position may not be nearly as important as what they can do with the cash if they would just outline it to us. and i'm not talking about investments. i'm talking about shame. >> $330 phone will help get ahood foothold in china? >> look, i wish i knew what was happen
. ♪ it's notocket science. it's just common sense. from td ameritrade. >>> you're watching "squawk on the street." everybody getting back to business after the long presidents' day weekend. the opening bell set to ring here in just a few moments. it's going to be a big day for apple, fashion off against einhorn in court. morgan stanley with a coat talking about a lower price. >> i see many as a china play. >> look, i came away. i had a week off and i said to...
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but it's not rocket science. there's not one magic formula that makes a candidate. it's really all about hard work, it's about learning the skills. and so we get these young girls to think of themselves as candidates. so we've been around since 2007, running start is still a baby organization. we started with 20 girls in 2007, but as of 2013 we've trained 7,000 young women around the country. and that's another story about how we were able to do so much. um, the most exciting thing about running start to me is when we started, i knew it was a good idea to train girls. i knew it made sense and that it really could make a real difference in getting more young women into that pipeline and seeing themselves as candidates. i had no idea if i could convince the girls that they wanted to come into this program. because the program is rigorous, and it makes these girls do things that they do not want to do. i'm telling you, public speaking is just excruciating for all of us. [laughter] being put on camera, um, we bring in reporters, and they interview them on camera. oh, th
but it's not rocket science. there's not one magic formula that makes a candidate. it's really all about hard work, it's about learning the skills. and so we get these young girls to think of themselves as candidates. so we've been around since 2007, running start is still a baby organization. we started with 20 girls in 2007, but as of 2013 we've trained 7,000 young women around the country. and that's another story about how we were able to do so much. um, the most exciting thing about...
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it's not rocket science. it's just common sense. from td ameritrade. (vo) she gets the comedians laughing and the thinkers thinking. >>ok, so there's wiggle room in the ten commandments, that's what you're saying. (vo) she's joy behar. >>current will let me say anything. >> announcer: on your radio and on current tv, this is the "bill press show." >> bill: 13 minutes before the top of the hour here on the "full court press." tuesday morning february 19. good to see you today. great to welcome back in the studio, laura bassett covers women's issues particularly for "huffington post." led by a wonderful woman, friend of mine, arianna long, long, long time, we go way back to california days. laura, we've got some people who want to throw some questions to you, are you ready for it? >> great. let's do it! >> bill: crossfire here on a tuesday morning. don starts us off from tampa florida. hey, don, how are you? >> caller: hey, bill. thanks for taking my call. >> bill: sure. >> caller: i'm a little annoyed actually against the union -- not so much the unions
it's not rocket science. it's just common sense. from td ameritrade. (vo) she gets the comedians laughing and the thinkers thinking. >>ok, so there's wiggle room in the ten commandments, that's what you're saying. (vo) she's joy behar. >>current will let me say anything. >> announcer: on your radio and on current tv, this is the "bill press show." >> bill: 13 minutes before the top of the hour here on the "full court press." tuesday morning february...
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ashley is the co-author of "top dog, the science of winning and losing." okay. so gretchen, you want to take this. i'm going to sit here and refute all this. >> gretchen: okay. one of the examples that you used in your book was -- talked about men and women and how they assess risk. what did you find out? >> on wall street, like you were saying, a researcher at the university of texas, who spent 23 years of financial analyst reports and found women were 7.3% more accurate than the men in terms of what companies were going to make more money in the next quarter. >> gretchen: why? >> well, i think that's about taking risks and women tend to be a little underconfident. they're trying to figure out all of the facts that understand what's going on of the men are bullish. more overconfident. they're sure it will be fine. they're going tone courage going for it where the women are more cautious. >> eric: let me throw it out here. women are better at analyzing it, but you throw -- when it goes to actually taking the risk, men are better at taking the actual risk? >> men
ashley is the co-author of "top dog, the science of winning and losing." okay. so gretchen, you want to take this. i'm going to sit here and refute all this. >> gretchen: okay. one of the examples that you used in your book was -- talked about men and women and how they assess risk. what did you find out? >> on wall street, like you were saying, a researcher at the university of texas, who spent 23 years of financial analyst reports and found women were 7.3% more accurate...
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and then to say well even if the science is right what on earth can we do about it and so there's this deep cynicism that's permeating from folks on the right and funded by the fossil fuel industry and what we saw in this march was thousands of people coming together to overcome the cynicism and to say we can change outcomes we can address our fossil fuel addiction we can create renewable energy in sustainable communities we have to have the political will and this march on this very cold days is the start. the president. really stuck between a rock and a hard place here given not just you know trans canada and all the big oil barons and the koch brothers owning a refinery down there and i mean there's a pile of money that's going to be made by the oil industry if that cheap oil relatively cheap oil from canada can get down to the gulf coast we're going to be refined we get all the poisons and all the cancers and they get to export the gasoline and diesel fuel to mexico the u.k. china whatever. but there's also our relationship with canada which is being run right now by. stephen harpe
and then to say well even if the science is right what on earth can we do about it and so there's this deep cynicism that's permeating from folks on the right and funded by the fossil fuel industry and what we saw in this march was thousands of people coming together to overcome the cynicism and to say we can change outcomes we can address our fossil fuel addiction we can create renewable energy in sustainable communities we have to have the political will and this march on this very cold days...
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they call themselves the cabal with a west point mafia because a lot of them can under the social science department at west point which had a tradition among their own graduates. so for example, all of this happened not by coincidence. for example, petraeus when he was in leavenworth was interested in leavenworth. he had a vast network of old colleagues at the pentagon yurok receipt. .. when it comes to washington elite -- this is not a paula broad we were situation, this is strictly professional. can you imagine -- essentially subverting the chain of command. always kind of been a off the reservation guy. had gone his own way in doing what was necessary. in leavenworth, dug what needs to be done. at the same time, there's a civilian analyst who used to teach hoyt at west point, named fred kagan, who has written a study advocating the surge. petraeus and
they call themselves the cabal with a west point mafia because a lot of them can under the social science department at west point which had a tradition among their own graduates. so for example, all of this happened not by coincidence. for example, petraeus when he was in leavenworth was interested in leavenworth. he had a vast network of old colleagues at the pentagon yurok receipt. .. when it comes to washington elite -- this is not a paula broad we were situation, this is strictly...
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-- download an app called skeptical science, everybody. download the app for your phone right now. skeptical sign. >> i will say, jason, that the activist. the climate change activists in d.c. concentrated on the keystone pipeline. why concentrate on that? couldn't they pick something else? >> because it's a cute visual and it makes sense and you can have people dressed up as bald eagles covered in oil. this is a real problem. and this is a problem that has a real solution. and it's up to the republicans to finally stop just standing in the way of barack obama. and it's up to democrats to actually fight for the issue. i don't want to live in a world where we have to have el nino and hurricane katrina and everything 10 or 15 months because we can't fix a problem that scientists believe on. solutions are there. >> what are our facebook friends saying about the question? is now the time for climate change legislation? now is the time to talk about it, for sure. how can you argue with the logic? we should ere on the side of the the planet. it'
-- download an app called skeptical science, everybody. download the app for your phone right now. skeptical sign. >> i will say, jason, that the activist. the climate change activists in d.c. concentrated on the keystone pipeline. why concentrate on that? couldn't they pick something else? >> because it's a cute visual and it makes sense and you can have people dressed up as bald eagles covered in oil. this is a real problem. and this is a problem that has a real solution. and it's...
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. >> host: what's the science behind the 4g being more efficient or better -- >> guest: oh, jeez. >> host: can you -- >> guest: i'm not sure doing. >> host: in a layman's way -- >> guest: i'm not sure in a layman's way you could answer that question. i should probably get some of our engineering personnel there. it's something called ofdm that just makes, you know, a much more efficient use of the frequencies. so there are plenty of people, you could go talk to qualcomm on the floor, and i'm sure they could tell you how it works. sorry. [laughter] >> host: okay. charla rath, what's the current status of the deal between verizon and the cable companies for verizon to buy some of their spectrum? >> guest: well, that, actually, that deal -- the spectrum portion of that deal closed last summer. we bought nearly nationwide spectrum from spectrum co. for close to $4 billion. it's about 20 megahertz nationwide. and that, actually, closed and, you know, we're expecting that sometime i think probably sometime this year we'll be, you know, this year, maybe early next year we'll be launching. >
. >> host: what's the science behind the 4g being more efficient or better -- >> guest: oh, jeez. >> host: can you -- >> guest: i'm not sure doing. >> host: in a layman's way -- >> guest: i'm not sure in a layman's way you could answer that question. i should probably get some of our engineering personnel there. it's something called ofdm that just makes, you know, a much more efficient use of the frequencies. so there are plenty of people, you could go talk...
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. >>> some sciences in here. mapping the human brain. "the new york times" reporting the obama administration is reporting a decade long scientific effort to unlock the mysteries of the human brain and build a comprehensive map of its activity. this will do for the brain what the human genome project did for genetics. it could launch the brain mapping project as early as next month. >> an attempt to map the republican brain. >> rebuttal. >> we're trying to map the republican brain. i'm sorry. >> they're trying to map their own brain. >> we're going to map some more news here. >>> two of the most outspoken republican critics of defense secretary nominee chuck hagel now say they will no longer hold up his senate confirmation. senator john mccain of arizona and senator lindsey graham of south carolina both saying they'll back off. republican senator john barrasso of wyoming insisting holding up the vote wasn't a political ploy. >> i have grave reservations. i think he's been wrong about iran, wrong with israel, wrong in iraq, wrong with nuc
. >>> some sciences in here. mapping the human brain. "the new york times" reporting the obama administration is reporting a decade long scientific effort to unlock the mysteries of the human brain and build a comprehensive map of its activity. this will do for the brain what the human genome project did for genetics. it could launch the brain mapping project as early as next month. >> an attempt to map the republican brain. >> rebuttal. >> we're trying to...
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us to get ahead of the space race really so that we could brand the united states as the country of science and engineering and not the soviets and convince those other emerging markets that they should be capitalists and not communism. that was an important moment. i think it was a bold declaration and we pulled it off. but we put the man on the moon in the summer of 1969. >> steve: we did it within the decade. nick, always a pleasure. thanks very much for joining us on this president's day. >> good chatting with you. >> steve: it's now ten minutes before the top of the hour on this monday. next up, a ten-ton meteor rocking russia. look at that dash cam video. no warning. what are the chances of that happening here? will we ever be able to see it coming first? look at that. first this date in history back in 1984, "carmen camille on" by culture club. everybody was singing it [ male announcer ] in blind taste tests, even ragu users chose prego. prego?! but i've bought ragu for years. [ thinking ] wonder what other questionable choices i've made? i choose date number 2! whooo! [ sigh of reli
us to get ahead of the space race really so that we could brand the united states as the country of science and engineering and not the soviets and convince those other emerging markets that they should be capitalists and not communism. that was an important moment. i think it was a bold declaration and we pulled it off. but we put the man on the moon in the summer of 1969. >> steve: we did it within the decade. nick, always a pleasure. thanks very much for joining us on this president's...
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ktvu's health and science editor john fowler tonight investigating emerging controversy over cell phone use on planes including a possible health risk. >> reporter: last call before take off. find your seat, finish your conversation because you know what's coming. >> it's time to start turning off all electronic devices including cell phones. >> reporter: disconnected maybe hours without your phone. some airlines now allow personal cell phone use while flying outside u.s. air space. but here in the u.s., the faa requires you turn off your phone for take off, airplane mode is okay. regulators are poised to allow regular inflight cell phone use on domestic airline flight. that has polarized cell phone use. >> i think that's a bad thing. because we're going to hear everybody's conversations. >> i think it's quite a distraction. we might as well bring back smoking. >> reporter: flight attendants worry no one will pay attention to cabin instructions. we've discovered another concern. passenger health. >> there is a link for tumors and other things. >> reporter: cell phones radiate low power
ktvu's health and science editor john fowler tonight investigating emerging controversy over cell phone use on planes including a possible health risk. >> reporter: last call before take off. find your seat, finish your conversation because you know what's coming. >> it's time to start turning off all electronic devices including cell phones. >> reporter: disconnected maybe hours without your phone. some airlines now allow personal cell phone use while flying outside u.s. air...